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My friend Maddie got me into this show just recently. I got HBO Now on my phone because I refuse to miss the latest season of Game of Thrones. I figure paying $15 for a month is worth it. I will be paying $15 again when I reactivate it for this. Westworld is awesome. Such a compelling narrative, dark science fiction, a world that is both intriguing and horrifying. And there are so many unanswered questions about the nature of the universe that series takes place in. Like, where is this park located? They talk about orbital launches in the series, so is this in some kind of space station? I refuse to believe that they were able to clear out some massive part of the midwest in America for this astronomically-huge park. Or if they did, I want to know how. With all the unanswered questions at the end of the first season, as well as a climax that took me completely by surprise, it’s time to go back in to see what happens next. And it just so happens that HBO gave me a lot to think about with their latest trailer.

Just so you know, I am going to go into MAJOR spoilers for the last season, so if you haven’t seen it, I cannot stress enough – stop reading here! Go watch it, then come back. Trust me, you won’t regret it.

We begin with the iconic piano of the series. But now the paper that made the music play has blood all over it. It cuts to Bernard, standing by a river looking down at something. It has the stripes of a tiger, but maybe I’m just seeing things but it looks like it has the face of a bear. What is up with that? A strange shot to include in the trailer. Perhaps a sign of things getting out that they were experimenting on? I have some thoughts about that, but let’s keep going.

Next there’s some dude hanging by his feet from a tree, swinging back and forth desperately trying to reach a gun on the ground. Is that one of the guests from the end of last season? I’m assuming so, as the entire robot staff had been brought back to life to exact some truly psychotic revenge on them.

Then it cuts to a shot of the facility’s control center. It seems that absolutely everyone is dead here. We see the pussy-ass British guy and my least-favorite character, Maeve, going through the mess. Is the implication that she is the one who killed everyone? That’s weird. The only two Hosts who were free in here were dead by the end of the last season. But since it’s been established that they have Hosts working in there, perhaps they decided to rebel with the rest.

Back to the world of the park, we see some of the Guests from the end of the last season on the run, with some of the Hosts running them down and killing them. Evan Rachel Wood is back in her Wyatt persona, seeming to take great delight in making short work of the Guests. More carnage inside the saloon at Pariah.

The last thing we see, though, is what really interests me. A couple of vehicles dispatched by what I am assuming is security for the park, with Bernard driving with them! So, is he siding with the Guests in this conflict? That genuinely interests me, considering he had as much reason to hate them as any of the other Hosts. That one shot has gotten me hooked more than anything, and I cannot wait to see the answers to what will happen next.

Lastly, a shock-moment – Ed Harris’ character is still alive! HOW?! I would have thought that Dolores/Wyatt would have ripped him to pieces for what he did. How many Hosts are there that have been itching to have a piece of him? Despite being a twisted fuck underneath it all, I did kind of like this character, once his motivations are fully explored. Seeing him still breathing just amazes me. He’s covered in blood, but alive. Man am I stoked! At the end he even appears to be starting to smile. Whatever is pleasing this twisted bastard must be amazing.